Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1887-12-17
HOW DO WE DIG OUR GRAVES

huW uu WE ul1 UUh GkAvtS
We must eat or we cannot live
This we all know. But do we a,
know that We die by eatings til
said we dig our graves with oui
teeth. How foolish this sounds
Yet it is fearfully true We are ter
rlfied at the approach of the cholers
and yellow fever, yet there is a dis
ease constantly at our doors and il
our houses far more dangerous and
destructive. Most people have i,
their own stomachs a poison, more
slow, but quite as fatal as the germs
OF those maladies which sweep men
into eternity by thousands without
warning in the times of great cpl
denies. But it is mercy that, if
we are watchful, we can tell when
we are threatened. The following
ore among the symptoms, yet they
do not always necessarily appear in
the same order, nor are they always
the same in different cases. There
is a dull and sleepy feeling; bad
taste in the mouth, especially in the
morning; the appetite is change.
able, sometimes poor and again it
seems as though the patient could
not eat enough, and occasionally no
appetite at all; dullness and slug.
gishness of the mind; no ambition
to study or work; more or less head
ache and heaviness in the head;
dizziness on rising to the feet or
moving suddenly; furred and coat
ed tongue; a sense of a load on the
stomach that nothing removes; hot
and dry skin at times; yellow tinge
in the eyes; scanty and high-colored
urine; sour taste in the mouth, fire.
quently attended by palpitation of
the heart /; impaired vision, with
spots that seem to be swimming in
the air before the eyes; a cough,
with greenish-colored expecto-
ration; poor nights rest; sticky
slime about the teeth and gums;
hands and feet cold and clammy;
irritable temper and bowels bound
up and costive This disease has
puzzled the physicians and still puz-
zles them. 1t is the commonest of
ailments and yet the most compli-
Gated and mysterious. Sometimes
it is treated as consumption, some
times as liver complaint, and then
again as malaria and even heart dis
ease. But its real nature is that of
constipation and dyspepsia. 1t arises
in the digestive organs and soon
affects all the others through the
corrupted and poisoned blood.
Often the whole bodybuilding
the nervous SYSTEMS literally
starred, even when there is no
emaciation to tell the sad story.
Experience has shown that there's
put one remedy that can certainly
cure this disease in all its stages,
namely, Shaker Extract OF Roots or
Mother Seigels Curative Syrup. 1t
never fails but, nevertheless, no time
should be lost in trying other So
called remedies, for they will do no
good. Get this great vegetable
preparation. discovered by a veneer
able nurse whose name is a house
hold word ia Germany and be sure
to get the genuine article.
aIvyN UP BY SEVEN DOCTORS,
Shaker Extract of Roots or Sci
gels Syrup has raised me to good
health otter seven doctors had given
me up 10 lie with consumption
So writes r. F. Grace, Kirkman-
vile, Todd CO., Ky.
HE HEARD OF 1T JUST IN TIME.
II ha'! been about given up to
die Will dyspepsia when / first saw
the adv"r rsoment of Shaker Extract
of Roots or Seigers Syrup. After
using fo.r bottles | was able to at
tend to my business as well as ever.
I know Of several cases of chills and
fever that have been cured by it. "
So writes Mr.. Thos. Pullum, of Tay-
lor, Geneva Co., Ala.